What things in Canterbury make it easier to adjust?
Interview with Muslim Student
Muslim students are provided rooms to prayer in in most Universities. The Canterbury University has a mosque very close in proximity.
The university has a prayer room on the premises. New Zealand makes it easy to get visas here with them being available at the airports whereas other countries you have to apply for them and wait three or four months for the outcome which at times can be refusal.
It is easy to open a bank account and transfer monies from Saudi Arabia, making it easier to manage their lives.
There isnt a lot of travelling in Canterbury with everything in close proximity.
The community at the mosque is the same as in Saudi Arabia reminding of home.
The mail system in New Zealand is very good making it easy to send a letter compared to Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia there are many step to posting a letter. In New Zealand you just put a stamp on it and put it in the box.
Its easy to buy a car and make the necessary changes in New Zealand whereas in Saudi Arabia you need to go to the police and go through many other steps in the process.
About 80 per cent of sheep and 50 per cent of
cattle in New Zealand are slaughtered ‘halal’, in
accordance with the shariah laws of Islam. This
figure may seem surprising to some readers but
viewed from an economic perspective, it is not
hard to see why halal foods are extremely crucial
for New Zealand. The Middle East is now an
essential market for major exporters of New
Zealand meat and dairy products (Buang, 2001),
with the growth in halal food exports testimony
to the importance of Muslim customers’
demands.
The tourism sector in New Zealand has also
recently taken an interest in the demand for halal
food. Since Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) began
marketing in the Middle East, they have become
more aware of the needs and sensitivities of
Muslim travellers (Sulaiman, 2001).
Tourism New Zealand Chief
Executive, George Hickton, believes that New Zealand can be promoted as an
attractive destination for Muslim travellers due to the high volume of meat
that is slaughtered halal in the country (Sulaiman, 2001).
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was set up in April 1979 by Mazhar Krasniqi and other Muslim community leaders to draw together the regional Islam organisations of Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury into one centralised New Zealand-wide body. Sheikh Airot, Imam of PonsonbyMosque (Auckland, New Zealand) and Mazhar Krasniqi, Q.S.M. Venue - Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ), 16 November 2005, Parliament House, Wellington, New Zealand.
In 1981 Sheikh Khalid Hafiz was appointed Imam of Wellington, a post he held until his death in 1999, and employed as such by the International Muslim Association of New Zealand. Soon after his arrival he was appointed senior religious advisor to the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.
In June 1984, the Federation signed the first annual contract with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board (later the Meat Industry Association) to provide Halal certification services in exchange for a modest remuneration. The first contract was for $60,000 in 1984. Currently the figure is closer to half a million dollars and helps subsidise much of the Islamic activities across New Zealand.
In November 2005, the Federation celebrated its 25th anniversary (a year late) and Eid al Fitr in Parliament House, Wellington. The event was attended by the current FIANZ president Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan, the inaugural president Mazhar Krasniqi, and a former president Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary.
What things in Canterbury make it easier to adjust?
Interview with Muslim Student
Muslim students are provided rooms to prayer in in most Universities. The Canterbury University has a mosque very close in proximity.
The university has a prayer room on the premises.
New Zealand makes it easy to get visas here with them being available at the airports whereas other countries you have to apply for them and wait three or four months for the outcome which at times can be refusal.
It is easy to open a bank account and transfer monies from Saudi Arabia, making it easier to manage their lives.
There isnt a lot of travelling in Canterbury with everything in close proximity.
The community at the mosque is the same as in Saudi Arabia reminding of home.
The mail system in New Zealand is very good making it easy to send a letter compared to Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia there are many step to posting a letter. In New Zealand you just put a stamp on it and put it in the box.
Its easy to buy a car and make the necessary changes in New Zealand whereas in Saudi Arabia you need to go to the police and go through many other steps in the process.
About 80 per cent of sheep and 50 per cent of
cattle in New Zealand are slaughtered ‘halal’, in
accordance with the shariah laws of Islam. This
figure may seem surprising to some readers but
viewed from an economic perspective, it is not
hard to see why halal foods are extremely crucial
for New Zealand. The Middle East is now an
essential market for major exporters of New
Zealand meat and dairy products (Buang, 2001),
with the growth in halal food exports testimony
to the importance of Muslim customers’
demands.
The tourism sector in New Zealand has also
recently taken an interest in the demand for halal
food. Since Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) began
marketing in the Middle East, they have become
more aware of the needs and sensitivities of
Muslim travellers (Sulaiman, 2001).
Tourism New Zealand Chief
Executive, George Hickton, believes that New Zealand can be promoted as an
attractive destination for Muslim travellers due to the high volume of meat
that is slaughtered halal in the country (Sulaiman, 2001).
The Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) was set up in April 1979 by Mazhar Krasniqi and other Muslim community leaders to draw together the regional Islam organisations of Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury into one centralised New Zealand-wide body.
[edit] Overview
In 1981 Sheikh Khalid Hafiz was appointed Imam of Wellington, a post he held until his death in 1999, and employed as such by the International Muslim Association of New Zealand. Soon after his arrival he was appointed senior religious advisor to the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand.In June 1984, the Federation signed the first annual contract with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board (later the Meat Industry Association) to provide Halal certification services in exchange for a modest remuneration. The first contract was for $60,000 in 1984. Currently the figure is closer to half a million dollars and helps subsidise much of the Islamic activities across New Zealand.
In November 2005, the Federation celebrated its 25th anniversary (a year late) and Eid al Fitr in Parliament House, Wellington. The event was attended by the current FIANZ president Muhammed Javed (Zaved) Iqbal Khan, the inaugural president Mazhar Krasniqi, and a former president Dr Hajji Muhammed Ashraf Choudhary.
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